Leonie Benesch
Leonie Benesch (born April 22, 1991) is a German actress who has played roles in major productions including Babylon Berlin and The Crown, as well as Around the World in 80 Days. She is currently based in London. In 2009, Benesch played the role of Eva in the film The White Ribbon, which won the Golden Palm. Film critics singled out her performance as "a discovery". She received the American "Young Artist Award" for her work, as well as a "New Faces Award". In 2010, she performed in Philip Koch's drama Picco and in Sophie Heldman's film Colors in the Dark (Satte Farben vor Schwarz), where she worked alongside Senta Berger and Bruno Ganz. In 2017, Benesch performed in Babylon Berlin as Greta Overbeck, winning the "German Acting Prize". Benesch also performed in The Crown as the sister of Prince Philip, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark. In 2020, she was cast in the BBC miniseries Around the World in 80 Days, alongside David Tennant as Phileas Fogg and Ibrahim Koma as Passepartout. Benesch grew up in Tübingen, and attended the Freie Waldorfschule. She also attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is of French and Transylvanian descent.
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Credits
- 2025 · Heldin as Floria Lind
- 2024 · September 5 as Marianne
- 2024 · Moresnet as
- 2023 · The Teachers' Lounge as Carla Nowak
- 2023 · The Swarm as Charlie Wagner
- 2021 · Around the World in 80 Days as Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue
- 2020 · Spy City as Eliza Hahn
- 2020 · Persian Lessons as Elsa
- 2020 · The Turncoat as Hildegard Roth
- 2020 · The Turncoat as Hildegard Roth
- 2020 · Phoenix as
- 2019 · The Master Butcher as Eva
- 2019 · Holiday Secrets as
- 2019 · Vienna Blood as Helena Rieger
- 2019 · Der Club der singenden Metzger as
- 2019 · Brecht as Young Elisabeth Hauptmann
- 2018 · 1929 – Das Jahr Babylon as
- 2017 · Howards End as Frieda Mosenbach
- 2017 · Babylon Berlin as Greta Overbeck
- 2016 · The Crown as Princess Cecilie
- 2015 · 8 Saniye as Helen
- 2014 · Viking Women as Jova
- 2013 · Das Jerusalem-Syndrom as Maria
- 2013 · Die Flut ist pünktlich as Mia Halbach
- 2013 · George as Margot Hanke
- 2012 · Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden as Gaby Zinke
- 2011 · Picco as Kevins Girlfriend
- 2011 · Colors in the Dark as Yvonne
- 2010 · Eine feste Burg as Katja Klein
- 2009 · The White Ribbon as Eva
- 2007 · Beautiful Bitch as Gitti
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Clarissa von Tannenhof
- 2003 · SOKO Köln as Nadia Winkowski
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Julia
- Future · Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße as